Risk Management (FNCE513) Course Detail

Course Name Course Code Season Lecture Hours Application Hours Lab Hours Credit ECTS
Risk Management FNCE513 3 0 0 3 5
Pre-requisite Course(s)
-
Course Language Turkish
Course Type N/A
Course Level Social Sciences Master's Degree
Mode of Delivery Face To Face
Learning and Teaching Strategies Lecture, Discussion, Question and Answer.
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
  • Asst. Prof. Dr. P. Neslihan Turguttopbaş
Course Assistants
Course Objectives The aim of this course, in-depth analysis of the financial crisis and causes of this crisis which are market risk, credit risk and operational risks and to gain insight about international and Turkish risk management applications
Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • To evaluate international and national financial crisis together with their reasons
  • To analyze market risk in the framework of interest and foreign exchange risks and the to eloborate risk management applications in Turkey
  • To evaluate the transactions creating credit risk and to eloborate the relevant risk management applications in Turkey
  • To evaluate the transactions creating operational risk and to eloborate the relevant risk management applications in Turkey
Course Content Financial risk and the sources of risk, calculation and management of portfolio risk, exchange rate, interest rate and credit risk, traditional risk management methods, risk management instruments.

Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies

Week Subjects Preparation
1 General analysis of risk management Chapter 1: Risk Management
2 International financial crisis Chapter 2: International financial crisis
3 2000-2001 Turkish financial crisis Chapter 2: International financial crisis
4 Basic risk measurements approaches Chaopter 8: Basic Risk Measurements Approaches, lecture notes
5 Market Risk and Management Chapter 8: Basic Risk Measurements Approaches, lecture notes
6 Value at Risk Model for Market Risk Chapter 9: What is Value at Risk?
7 Course overview and practice exam
8 Midterm exam
9 Valuation Methods for Interest Rate Risk Lecture notes
10 Measurement of Interest Rate Risk Lecture notes
11 Basel Standards and Capital Adequacy Chapter 3 Basel II : Integration in International Markets, Lecture notes
12 BASEL II in Turkish banking sector Chapter 4: The Adaptation of Turkish Banking system to BASEL II, Lecture notes
13 Credit risk and management Lecture notes
14 Provisions for Credit Risk Lecture notes
15 Comprehensive Course Overview and Practice Exam
16 Final exam

Sources

Course Book 1. Risk Yönetimi: Türkiye Finans Piyasalarında Entegre Risk Ölçüm Ve Yönetim Uygulamaları (2009), Doç. Dr. K. Evren Bolgün, M. Barış Akçay, Scala Yayıncılık
Other Sources 2. Ders Notları

Evaluation System

Requirements Number Percentage of Grade
Attendance/Participation 1 10
Laboratory - -
Application - -
Field Work - -
Special Course Internship - -
Quizzes/Studio Critics - -
Homework Assignments 1 15
Presentation 1 15
Project - -
Report - -
Seminar - -
Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury 1 30
Final Exam/Final Jury 1 30
Toplam 5 100
Percentage of Semester Work 0
Percentage of Final Work 100
Total 100

Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications

# Program Qualifications / Competencies Level of Contribution
1 2 3 4 5
1 1. To be able to combine and use the knowledge of their own undergraduate program area with the knowledge of business administration. X
2 2. To have information about the structure and functioning of the financial system and each financial institution. X
3 3. To have information about regulations and legislation related to financial institutions X
4 4. To be able to see the risks that different financial institutions are exposed to and gain the ability to produce basic solutions. X
5 5. To have knowledge about basic investment strategies. X
6 6. Having knowledge about research methods and techniques and being able to use them. X
7 7. To have information about the institutional characteristics of emerging and developed markets and investment strategies for bonds, stocks and derivatives in these markets. X
8 8. To have the ability to reach scientific knowledge in the field of business, to monitor, evaluate and apply the current literature X
9 9. To be able to transfer information about the business area by using effective verbal, written and visual communication methods. X
10 10. To be aware of professional ethics, environmental awareness, sustainability, social responsibility, cultural, social and universal values X
11 10. To be aware of professional ethics, environmental awareness, sustainability, social responsibility, cultural, social and universal values X
12 11. To be able to work effectively with different disciplines or multicultural teams, to take responsibility, to make risk analysis, to keep up with change, to think critically and to use initiative in problem solving. X
13 12. To have the ability to present a research problem, to develop hypotheses, to design research and to reach a conclusion by using qualitative/quantitative methods, by making the necessary literature review, and to have the ability to publish an academic publication as a result.

ECTS/Workload Table

Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload
Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48
Laboratory
Application
Special Course Internship
Field Work
Study Hours Out of Class
Presentation/Seminar Prepration 1 15 15
Project
Report
Homework Assignments 1 15 15
Quizzes/Studio Critics
Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury 1 25 25
Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury 1 25 25
Total Workload 128